Buckle



perspective of the tongue-piece. 2O

Y thicker at the point C than at any other part,

UNITED STfrrEsl PATENT Ornrcise ERASTUS M. KINNE, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,227, dated January9, 1883.

Application filed August 14, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it 'may conoci-n:

Be it known that I, EnAs'rUs M. KINNE, of Auburn, in the county ofCayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckles; and l do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relatesto an improvement in buckles;y and it consists inthe arrangement and combination ot' parts, that will be more fullydescribed hereinafter.

Figure lis an inverted perspective of the body of the buckle attached tothe llame-tug. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the bail. Fig. 3 is a Fig. 4is a vertical section ofthe buckle complete.

A represents the frame of the buckle, at the front end of which is thecross-bar B, to which the heme-tug is secured. The two sides of theframe, just in the rear of this cross-bar, 'are widened outward, asshown, and are made and on the outer sides of these thickened orwidened-out parts C are formed the usual loops. From the part Cthe'frame is curved downward a suitable distance, where the sides areagain connected or united by the cross-bar E, which has its rear edgesomewhat lower than the front one, and these cross-bars B E form theonly bottom part of the frame upon which the trace directly rests. Therear end of the frame is made narrower than any other part, and ,iscurved upward, as shown, so as to allow the trace to readily pass under,and terminates inr the cross-bar F. In the under o'r inner edge of thewidest part C ot the buckle are made the notches H, in whichnotches theprojections I on the ends of the bail catch. This bail is passed throughthe tug next to the rear end ofthe name-tug, and has the trace to passthrough it, the top of the bail or tongue-piece alone bearing upon thetrace. Caught in or under the top of this bail is the tongue-piece L,which ton guepiece is turned upward at its rear end, as shown, and isprovided uponeach of its rear corners with aprojection, O, for thepurpose ot' preventing the tongue-piece from being forced through thebail. Upon the top of thistongue-piece, near its center, are also formedthe projections N, which serve to prevent the tonguepiece from beingdrawn backward through thebail when the dratt is applied to the trace.On the under side of the front end ot this tongue-piece. which is alsotongue is secured, passes through the hail, but

does not bear upon its lower'purt, and, being forced downward by thetongue-pieceortongue, and having no other part upon which to rest exceptthe cross-bar, which forms the only part of the bottom which the framehas, the trace, when draft is applied to it, is pressed downward bymeans of the supports, asshowu by dotted lines, and thus enabling it tobe held more rigidly and securely in the buckle, and Y thedan ger of itsslipping or becoming detached correspondingly lessened.

Having thus described my invention, II

claim- A buckle composed of the frame A, having the cross-bar B at oneend and the cross-bars E at the other, and having the notches H, incombination with the bail and the tonguepiece L, having projections O Nand lug P,

substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 4th day of August, 1880.

ERASTUS M. KINNE. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

E. G. KINNE, SARAH KINNE.

